GRUMBKOW.
His Majesty is present.
HOTHAM.
Tell him that a country's industries need centuries of preparation to be able to sell at the low prices quoted by English merchants. Tell him—
GRUMBKOW.
Will you not address His Majesty in person?
HOTHAM.
I prefer the customary procedure.
KING (sitting, absorbed in his note-book).
Very good. And now, Grumbkow, tell him, for the account of the Prince of Wales—that I'm planning to build a couple of new gates in Berlin, but for the present he'll have to put up with the old ones through which to leave the city.